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to the fact that it is unique, distinct from any other time the nation was
counted. At this counting, Bnei Yisrael were appointed to become a
kingdom of Kohanim and the holy nation of Hashem.
The Torah emphasizes that Hashem revealed Himself to Moshe in the
Sinai Desert for the following reason. It is to tell us that a person must
make himself humble as the desert in order to merit receiving the Torah.
Likewise, we are told that Hashem spoke to Moshe from the Tent of
Meeting. This alludes to the fact that a person must sacrifice himself for
the sake of Torah, thereby meriting Hashem’s Name resting upon him.
The pasuk states that Hashem spoke to Moshe in the second month, the
month of Iyar. Iyar is the month for preparing oneself to receive the Torah
in Sivan. This was not a one-time occurrence. Rather, every year, one
prepares himself to accept the Torah and receive it anew. The Torah
emphasizes the fact that this took place in the second year after they left
Egypt. These preparations cannot be compared to their original
preparations, during the first year after Yetziat Mitzrayim. Then, they had
been at the abyss of the forty-ninth level of tumah. Now, in their second
year after Yetziat Mitzrayim, they already possessed the Torah and
Hashem rested within them. They were able to prepare for Kabbalat
HaTorah with better tools at their disposal.

“Hashem spoke to Moshe in the Wilderness of
Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first of the
second month, in the second year after their
exodus from the land of Egypt, saying: Take a

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